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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Prideaux Camp Alternative Name: Prideaux Rings, Prideaux Hillfort, Prideaux Castle
Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Saint Austell Nearest Village: Prideaux
Map Ref: SX059556
Latitude: 50.368208N Longitude: 4.730723W
Condition:

5	Perfect
4	Almost Perfect
3	Reasonable but with some damage
2	Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1	Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0	No data.
-1	Completely destroyed

2 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

3 Access:

5	Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4	Short walk on a footpath
3	Requiring a bit more of a walk
2	A long walk
1	In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0	No data.

4 Accuracy:

5	co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4	co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3	co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2	co-ordinates of the nearest village
1	co-ordinates of the nearest town
0	no data

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lauriemayes visited on 28th Jul 2024 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 This place appears to be private land with no public access, there is a footpath which goes quite close but I had to cross a barbed wire fence for the final approach & there are private land no trespassing signs. My visit was brief.

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Prideaux Camp is a high status Iron Age defensive settlement rather than hillfort, and is quite similar in size to Castle Dore 4 miles to the east across the valley. Positioned on a small round hill about 135m above sea level Prideaux has good views over St. Austell Bay on a clear day.

It can be reached across farmland from the Saints’ Way footpath (ancient trade route) which passes just west of the site, the eastern side of the hillfort is woodland. Livestock graze the land, but luckily it was clear when we visited.

The hillfort is approximately 100m in diameter and almost circular in shape. English Heritage lists the site as having 3 banks and ditch although I counted 4 still visible in places (as do other resources). The inner ramparts are the most clearly defined although overgrown with trees; however the stone, rubble and earth banks are suffering severe erosion in many places from livestock, farm vehicles and the elements.

English Heritage has a good b&w aerial photo here, Historic-Cornwall.org has a more recent clickable colour aerial shot here, and further info can be found on the Prideaux wiki page here. Prideaux is a peaceful site just 1 mile NE from the Eden Project if you’re planning a visit to this part of Cornwall.
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